CODE: VM-VSAN-DM-VMVSAN-TW-V6.7
LENGTH: 40 Hours (5 days)
PRICE: $4,625.00
Overview:
In this five-day course, you will focus on deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware vSAN™ 6.7. You will learn how vSAN functions as an important component in the VMware software-defined data center. You will gain practical experience with vSAN concepts and troubleshooting methodology and diagnostic tools through the completion of hands-on lab exercises.
Product Alignment
• ESXi 6.7
• vCenter Server 6.7
• vSAN 6.6 and vSAN 6.7
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Describe the vSAN architecture
• Identify vSAN features and use cases
• Configure vSAN networking components
• Configure a vSAN cluster
• Deploy virtual machines on a vSAN datastore
• Configure virtual machine storage policies
• Perform ongoing vSAN management tasks
• Configure vSAN encryption
• Control vSAN resynchronization tasks
• Create and manage nested fault domains
• Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance
• Configure a stretched cluster and observe failover scenarios
• Describe vSAN interoperability with VMware vSphere® features and other products
• Plan and design a vSAN cluster
• Use diagnostic and troubleshooting tools to resolve vSAN 6.6 deployment and architectural issues
Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with vSAN
This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:
• Storage administration experience on block or file storage devices
• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] course
Experience working at the command line is helpful.
The course material presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
• Use VMware vSphere® Web Client
• Create and manage VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual
machines
• Create and modify a standard switch
• Connect a VMware ESXi™ host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage
• Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore
• Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
If you cannot complete all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] course before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage
1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Describe the software-defined data center
2 Introduction to vSAN
• Describe basic vSAN architecture and components
• Describe the differences between file, block, and object storage
• Explain the advantages of object-based storage
• Detail the configuration of a vSAN cluster
• Install and validate the initial vSAN installation and configuration
3 vSAN Configuration
• Apply vSAN design considerations
• Detail the expansion of a vSAN cluster
• Configure vSAN disk groups manually
• Identify physical network configuration requirements
• Describe the configuration of vSAN networking
• Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality
• Describe the vSAN architecture and components
• Describe the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures
• Describe the advantages of all-flash architecture
• Describe the space-efficiency features of vSAN
• Describe the different vSAN assessment tools
• Explain vSAN License Details
4 vSAN Policies and Virtual Machines
• Explain how storage policies work with vSAN
• Define and create a virtual machine storage policy
• Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies
• Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically
• Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status
5 Managing and Operating vSAN
• Explain how to configure encryption in the vSAN cluster
• Explain the management of hardware storage devices
• Identify alarms for vSAN events
• Describe and configure fault domains
• Describe the configuration of the vSAN iSCSI service, iSCSI targets, and LUNS
6 Stretched Clusters and Two-Node Clusters
• Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters
• Create a stretched cluster
• Describe how stretched cluster storage policies affect vSAN objects
• Create and apply a vSAN stretched cluster policy to meet specific needs
• Discuss the behavior of a stretched cluster when various types of failures occur
7 Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN
• Discuss hardware failure scenarios
• Describe the process of resynchronization
• Explain the possible reasons for resynchronization
• Describe the use of vSphere Client to detect issues
• Explain the use of the health service to monitor vSAN health
• Explain the use of the performance service to monitor vSAN performance.
• Monitor and test the vSAN environment
• Describe vSAN architecture components and the PNOMA OSI model.
8 vSAN Software Architecture
• Describe the vSAN architecture and components
• Describe the policy-driven, object-based vSAN storage environment
• Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT
• Explain the relationships between the vSAN software components
• Explain the relationship between objects and components
• Determine how specific storage policies affect components
• Describe component placement
9 Troubleshooting Methodology
• Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency
10 Troubleshooting Tools
• Replace a failed witness appliance
• Discuss the ways to run various command-line tools
• Discuss the ways to access VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell
• Use commands to view, configure, and manage your VMware vSphere® environment
• Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting
• Use log files to help troubleshoot vSAN problems
• Discuss the esxcli vsan namespace commands
• Discuss how to use Ruby vSphere Console commands